With the completion of the distribution of preferences for the ACT Legislative Assembly election, Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Phil Green, today announced the names of those candidates to be elected to the Assembly to represent Canberra’s five electorates.

Candidates to be elected, in the order in which they were successful in the count, are:

Brindabella

Andrew Wall (Canberra Liberals)

Mick Gentleman (ACT Labor)

Joy Burch (ACT Labor)

Mark Parton (Canberra Liberals)

Nicole Lawder (Canberra Liberals)

Ginninderra

Yvette Berry (ACT Labor)

Vicki Dunne (Canberra Liberals)

Elizabeth Kikkert (Canberra Liberals)

Tara Cheyne (ACT Labor)

Gordon Ramsay (ACT Labor)

Kurrajong

Andrew Barr (ACT Labor)

Shane Rattenbury (The Greens)

Elizabeth Lee (Canberra Liberals)

Steve Doszpot (Canberra Liberals)

Rachel Stephen-Smith (ACT Labor)

Murrumbidgee

Jeremy Hanson (Canberra Liberals)

Bec Cody (ACT Labor)

Chris Steel (ACT Labor)

Giulia Jones (Canberra Liberals)

Caroline Le Couteur (The Greens)

Yerrabi

Meegan Fitzharris (ACT Labor)

Alistair Coe (Canberra Liberals)

Michael Pettersson (ACT Labor)

Suzanne Orr (ACT Labor)

James Milligan (Canberra Liberals)

It is expected that the declaration of the poll will take place on Wednesday 26 October 2016.

Makeup Of The Legislative Assembly

An electoral redistribution was conducted prior to this election with the creation of 5 electorates in a Parliamentary Chamber of 25 Electorates.

Following the 15 October 2016 Election the new look Legislative Assembly is as follows: